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A Senior Signing Day, We Can All Cheer About
Take a look at what Achievement School District Superintendent Chris Barbic calls success in Nashville, Tennessee. Dozens of students are experiencing success in high school at Lead Academy in...
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Another School Shooting—We Have to Do Something!
AOL photo There was another school shooting yesterday at Reynolds High School in an Oregon suburb, in which a teenager killed a 15-year old, wounded a teacher and presumably killed himself. Everytown...
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Let’s Stand With Jada
A recent national survey from more than 300 colleges and universities reflect serious problems in responses to student reports of sexual violence. It also indicates that colleges and universities...
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The University of Texas-Austin Victory is a Win for Diversity
UTA Whether the 2-to-1 ruling from the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans decision to allow the University of Texas-Austin to use race in college admissions to achieve diversity will have an...
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Doing the same thing over and over doesn’t change the results!
It is time to change the state’s leadership. As Election Day, November 4 nears the pressure is on Georgians to distinguish fact from fiction. My intuition tells me even with Politifact Georgia and...
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ELECTION DAY: Today Georgia Democrats can be decision makers
Today is Election Day, so let’s recap the political landscape. There will be tons of post election recaps however Blogging While Blue would like to get in front of the election chatter. Democrats, the...
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Spring Madness in Charlottesville
March Madness is the common reference to the NCAA basketball post season. But the madness in Charlottesville, Virginia is another kind of spring madness. Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) agents...
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Hard Lessons to Create a Better Future
By Courtney English Educational reformer John Dewey once said: “Schools are the fundamental method of social progress and reform.” There are few institutions as important in our society as our public...
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Mayor’s Youth Program meets Achieve Atlanta
In 2001 while campaigning for mayor it was clear from people all over the city that they wanted the new mayor to engage in the reform of Atlanta Public Schools, in spite of the arrival of the newly...
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Taking the Flag Down is a First Step, Not a Giant Step for Mankind
On Friday, the Confederate flag waved a final goodbye in the wind as it was lowered from a pole on the South Carolina statehouse grounds. But it was not without ceremony and controversy. An estimated...
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Click here to view the embedded video. In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, three New Orleans businessmen and civic leaders, Gerry Barousse, Mike Rodrigue and Gary Solomon, teamed up to play an...
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To achieve equity in our cities, start at the neighborhood level
Originally posted in Saporta Report By Guest Columnist SHIRLEY FRANKLIN, executive board chair of Purpose Built Communities and Atlanta’s mayor from 2002 to 2010 Last week, Lesley Grady of the...
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Mizzou is a Reminder to Reset our Moral Compass
Missouri football players who are refusing to play until president Wolfe resigns. While the national media attention has shifted from protests about police shootings and the racial identity of the...
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“If I Were Mayor”— A Young Student Explains the Job
Fifteen years ago in January 2001 a few friends, colleagues and I gathered in my living room to discuss whether my candidacy for mayor could be successful. We talked about the likely candidates, their...
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Demographics haven’t shifted elections in Georgia, yet!
As more and more people become engaged in the presidential campaigns either as voters, caucus members or active campaigners, news articles and columns are speculating about which supporters are best...
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A super highlight of a super-man in New York Times voter feature
At Antonio’s 2010 Lincoln University graduation in Jefferson City, Missouri is Lincoln University SGA President Antonio Lewis and Dr. Carolyn Mahoney, Lincoln University President. This is a super...
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Tuition Free College Offers More than Hope to Students
NY Governor Cuomo and Bernie Sanders at recent news conference Last week, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo unveiled a proposal to make public college tuition free for low and middle-income students. At a...
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